Rescue underway in Greece after train crash

Описание: (1 Mar 2023)
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Tempe - 1 March 2023
1. Various of derailed and fire-damaged rail cars near tracks
HEADLINE: Rescue underway in Greece after train crash
ANNOTATION: A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in Greece.
2. Various drone shots of scene of train collision ++MUTE++
ANNOTATION: It happened near the town of Tempe as the passenger train was emerging from a highway underpass.
ANNOTATION: After sunrise, rescue crews were using heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains.
ANNOTATION: Survivors said several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train cars due to the impact.
3. Various of derailed and fire-damaged rail cars near tracks
ANNOTATION: The possible cause of the collision was not immediately clear.
STORYLINE:
A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in Greece, killing 36 people and injuring at least 85.

The collision in northern Greece killed 32 and injured at least 85.

Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision just before midnight Tuesday near the town of Tempe as the passenger train was emerging from a highway underpass.

After sunrise, rescue crews were using heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains.

Officials said many of the passengers on board the Athens to Thessaloniki train had been university students returning home after celebrating Carnival over a long weekend.

Survivors said several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train cars due to the impact.

Other accounts say some fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near a gorge, about 380 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens.

Hospital officials in the nearby city of Larissa said at least 25 of those hurt had serious injuries.

The possible cause of the collision was not immediately clear.

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